Darn IT Group is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who visit our website (“Visitors”) and individuals who register to inquire about services or to receive information relating to Darn IT Group services or otherwise available on the website.
This Privacy Policy applies to data provided on or through the Darn IT Group website located at www.darnit.ca. This Privacy Policy describes Darn IT Group’s privacy practices in connection with the use of Darn IT Group’s website. It also describes the choices available to you with regard to the use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information. The use of information collected through the website shall be limited to the purposes of providing the Services for which the User engaged Darn IT Group and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
Things You Should Know
- When a Visitor contacts Darn IT Group and/or requests information about Darn IT Group, we may collect the Visitor’s email address and other contact information so that we may fulfill the Visitor’s request. Some information provided to us may individually identify a Visitor or User, and that information may be referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Personal Information.”
- Darn IT Group uses information, including Personal Information, as supplied by you to provide the Services and for business purposes such as fulfilling contact requests, research, marketing, and for other general purposes. Darn IT Group does not share this information.
- Darn IT Group will share your information, including Personal Information, in order to respond to investigations, court orders, legal process, or to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.
- Please be aware that third party websites that may be accessed through our site may collect your personal data. Darn IT Group does not share your personal data with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. Please check the applicable Privacy Policy of those sites.
- All of your Personal Information remains private and confidential. The security of your Personal Information is very important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, however, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
- By providing Darn IT Group with your e-mail address you may be subscribed to our newsletter(s) or provided with requested information. You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in each of these emails, or you can contact us directly.
- To be in compliance with Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, on an annual basis you will be sent an e-mail where you will be asked if you wish to continue to receive e-mails from Darn IT Group. We will retain your information for as long as you remain on our mailing list. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
- Darn IT Group uses a technology called “cookies” to store session information. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a website’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use session ID cookies. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site will be limited.
- As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
- We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track Visitors’ and Users’ movements around the website and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
- Darn IT Group may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and will notify users of such changes in the way we treat any Personal Information. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
